Biography
Jude or Judas (יהודה "Praise",
Standard Hebrew Yəhuda,
Tiberian Hebrew Yəhûḏāh) was the name of several people in the
New Testament. The original
Greek text of the New Testament makes no difference between the names "
Judah", "
Judas" and "Jude", rendering them all as Ioudas; but in many English translations "Judah" is used for the
Old Testament figure and the tribe named after him, "Judas" is used only for
Judas Iscariot, and "Jude" for all other
New Testament persons of the same name. Judas the Zealot...
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